Tuesday, February 21, 2006
2:44 PM
Miraculously, I managed to catch Corrinne May's concert at NUS after all! She decided to hold another unplugged concert on the 13th Feb for a smaller audience of about 400 people. The news was internally circulated within her website itself, and I happened to notice it about 12 hours after it was open. I called the ticket salesperson right away, and found out that here were only about 100 tickets left! In the end, I attended the concert with Yan Hao, and we sat in the front row at the corner. This led him to suggest that we snapped up the last two tickets of the whole show. Hehe.
And what a show it was! Corrinne did not have much to offer; only an overflowing voice, out-of-this-world musicianship, and come interactive banter with the small audience. Well, that was more than enough to blow the minds of Yan Hao and me, and most of the audience (I believe), away. Her songs and lyrics always seem to be able to find its way into our hearts, speaking intimately to us and making it easy for many people to identify with the contents of the songs (for those who bother to look at the lyrics carefully, hehe), despite often being simple and short.
As such, many of her fans (including Yan Hao) admire her for her musical talents. So do I. However, I admire her even more for her very strong Christian walk. In fact, I started becoming a 'fan' of hers mostly after I listened carefully to the song 'Journey' which she composed, as sung by Angela Zhang that fateful day on the bus around September last year (I wrote about it in a post in September '05).
I guess it's obvious to everyone she's a Christian by the lyrics of many of her songs (actually she's a Catholic Christian). However, I believe comparatively fewer people actually realise how strong a Christian she really is. If you ask me, I'd say that she was subtly giving out Christian messages here and there during the concert. And many of her songs reflect the closeness of her walk with God.
Well, I don't want to be misunderstood about two things.
Firstly, I'm not trying to suggest that the sole reason why I like Corrinne May's songs now is because she's a Christian. I've heard some Christian singers sing before. There are good musicians and bad musicians, and the fact that you're a Christian does not cover up your bad music and make it good.
I liked Journey (Angela's version though) even before I realised the actual lyrical meanings of the song. However, after I discovered what the song really was about, I liked it even more. Just like how a literature text may be asethetically nice to read at first, but only after you study it closely in context with relevant background information, do you recognise it's true beauty, and learn to appreciate it better for its brilliance. And most of her songs are like that!
Thus, I like her songs even more as a Christian because they reveal (to me) the human empathy and brilliance of the Source of her inspirations. She's such an encouragement, a reminder of the blessed and joyous life that He intends for all of us.
Secondly, I do not, consequently, wish to give this wrong idea that I think that the other 'secular' fans of Corrinne May are hence not as 'qualified' as me just because they do not see (nor embrace) the Christian aspect of Corrinne May's songs (or that they did not know about the second 'secret' concert on the 13th, nor have they ever tried emailing her and actually got a reply from her, twice, before, hehe). In the way the Chronicles of Narnia can and should be enjoyed as a piece of children's fiction despite its deep and very extensive Christian allegories, her songs can and should also be appreciated for being pleasant, soulful music in its own right.
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Well, I'm just another Corrinne May fan. In fact, I think I'm quite a lousy fan, because, I still prefer Angela's version of Journey, even though she does not exactly sing better than Corrinne... Have I said that before?
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haha.. couldnt find anywhere else to tag.
happy bdae, which is juz 1 hr plus away. apparently smth is abit wrong with the time. it's 10.55pm of 24th feb liao (as shown in the preview, it's only 6 plus am). hope u like ur wallet. haha... the wallet with the ah pek coin compartment.
Zw
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happy bdae, which is juz 1 hr plus away. apparently smth is abit wrong with the time. it's 10.55pm of 24th feb liao (as shown in the preview, it's only 6 plus am). hope u like ur wallet. haha... the wallet with the ah pek coin compartment.
Zw
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